Sampling-tube or liquor-thief



(No Model.)

W. P. @"HARA- .SAMPLING TUBE GR LIQUOR THIEF.

Patented Apr.1f 0,1883.`

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WILLIAM P. OHARA, OF-CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SMPLING-'TUBE OR LIQUOR-THIEF SPECIFIC'ATIONformng' part of LettersPatent No. 275,694, dated April 10, 1883. Application ined @rune s.iss-2. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern Be itknowu that I, WILLIAM P. OHARA, otCincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and usefulSampling-Tubev or Liquor-Thief', of which the following is aspecification. My invention relates to an improved construction ofthedevice known as a samplingtube or liquor-thief, which, being insertedthrough the bung-hole of a cask containing liquor, and liquor beingallowed to iow into it is retained therein, soas to enable-withdrawalofthe instrument with its contents, which may then be, in part or all,delivered through the lower orifice by repetition of the manipulationwhich permitted it to be charged.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 represents a sampling-tubeembodying my invention, a portion of the tube or barrel being shownbroken away, so as to expose the working parts. Fig.2 is an axialsection, ou a larger scale, through the lower part of the instrument,the valve being shown open.

A is a tube, preferably cylindrical, and having screwed onto its lowerend a nozzle, B, that constitutes alternately the inlet and exit orificeof the instrument. Near the tubes lowerend, and just above the saidnozzle, is provided an annular seat, O, for a valve of the followingconstruction:

D is a rod or stem, which, passing. through and snugly fitting a hole,e, at the center of a screw-cap, E, and having a knob, F, at its upperextremity, traverses two guide-bridges, G G, within the tube, and has,near its lower end, a collar, H, and a screw-attached gland, I, betweenwhich is firmly caught arubber or leather pad or gasket, J, which, withsaid members H and I, constitutes the valve proper. The rubber orleather gasket J insures a tight closure of the seat O against thepassage of liquor in either direction when the valve is shut. A spring,K, secures the automatic closure of the valve whenever the stem D isrelieved from the pressure of the users thumb. A small mouth-piece orsuckerf'` L, is provided in cap E to enable the user to expedite thecharging or discharging of the instrument, as desired, by diminishing orincreasing the atmospheric pressure within the tube by his lungs.

Projecting laterally from tube A nearits top, and respectively on remotesides thereof, are a loop or bow, M, and a lip, N, that enable the userto iirmly grasp the instrument with his palmand fingers while pressingwith his thumb upon the knob F, and also facilitate the conveyance ot'the instrument from place to place; The valve may be wholly metallic andrest upon a rubber seat, or valve and seat may both be wholly metallic.

I claim as new and of my invention- 1. The combination of tube A,automatically up-closing valve near its mouth, stem extending upwardlyfrom the valve, having a depressing-knob, and a retracting-spring forsupporting the valve to its seat, as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, asampling-tube, composed of tube A,nozzle B, valveseat C, cap E, guides G G', up-closing valve, valve-rodD, and valve J, spring K, loop M, lip N, and mouth-piece or sucker L,substantially as set forth.

3. Inaliquor-sampling tube,tl1e mouth-piece or sucker L, projectingexteriorly from and communicating through cap E, substantially as setforth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

Y WM. P. OHARA.

Attest:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, SAML. S. CARPENTER..

